Resume Tips: Avoid These 8 Mistakes | Indeed Career Tips

Time to update your resume? Most of us don’t enjoy writing them, but resumes are your first impression that could bring you closer to the job you’re qualified for! Small resume mistakes may impact your job application, but here’s how to easily avoid them.

In this video, Holl shares the 8 most common resume mistakes and provides tips and strategies on how to write a winning resume. Be sure to watch till the end to find out what is the most frequent, yet consequential error seen by career coaches!

00:00 Welcome
00:31 Leaving out important details at the top
01:10 Forgetting a resume summary
01:54 Including hobbies and references
02:50 Leaving out a skills section
04:22 Inconsistent or busy design
05:23 Describing work experience without impact
07:09 Ignoring relevant unpaid experience
07:44 Using the same resume for all applications
08:32 Why you should tailor your resume

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Which resume tips did you find helpful? Comment down below!

[churrocoffee]

The tip with only listing 5 skills, I had like 10-15 and it made my resume really long! I narrowed it down to the most important, makes sense, thanks!

[IzzyNChrist]

This was very informative, but can you maybe show some examples of how a resume summary should look and what a consistent verses and inconsistent resume looks like while sharing these talking points. Some of us are more visual and like examples.

[dianejhueck]

There are a lot of really great videos out there on the topic of resume writing. That said, this is by far the best I have seen. Easy to follow and use. Her understanding of the human psyche shines through. I think, if you watch this, your confidence will increase during this arduous process of job hunting. Mine has, anyway!

[VelvaMyers]

I appreciate finding this video it has taught me a lot. The knowledge I received will help me tremendously and am eager to get started on formatting a new resume. I will go back to what I thought was old school but apparently it's not. I wish I hadn't taken the advice to change it. Thank you so much !! I appreciate you !!

[StarsStars]

This was an amazing video. Thanks for sharing.

[francistomaszkiewicz]

I found your video contained useful information that all job-seekers can use. Well done!

[eyesofadonai]

this is one of the best on youtube, thanks for the info

[bettycalhoun]

Thank you for ALL of your tips. Great video. Intelligent presentation. useful and thank you,

[overrooftops]

The tutorial just listed "Holl - Indeed" at the beginning. Is your name "Holly?"
Anyways, I watched your resume tutorial to the end. You are a great speaker and gave good advice.
Question: Can someone upload 2 entirely different resumés to Indeed? For example, I have over 35 years work experience teaching English and am always seeking new students. On the other hand, I would also like to upload a resume that shows my 30 years experience working with Mac computers and my desire to help anyone having problems understanding them. Two different careers here. I have googled this scenario and have so far come up empty handed. Can you help? Thanks 🙏! -Rob

[MattMendians]

Do you work for Indeed? I’m a audio/video camera operator looking for work. I see this is a Indeed channel! I just subscribed! If so are there job openings for Indeed?

[vladimirrumyantsev]

Hi Holl, thanks for your absolutely precise and clear tips. I only have 2 blocks to start using them: 1) Were you talking about fill-in form on Indeed or a file which could be uploaded? 2) If you update your online resume on Indeed for some company, will it affect my application to another company? In other words, how to create multiple resumes on Indeed?

[venkataravindragadamsetti]

Share some links for insights, how do we reflect my domains along with skills in a CV or resume,

[jessielivermore]

Thank you for providing this information. Didn't think I was going to watch the entire list but her eyes and expressions really kept me engaged 👀. Super cute! Oh, describing work without impact and the ATS info was helpful.

[allenmvududu]

Is it best to have the CV in PDF or Word for the ATS?

[ruisanamiranda]

Hi. Great insight, thanks for sharing. I'm off to redesign and rewrite my boring CV :)

About your advice to include SPECIFIC goals or targets (numbers included!) one may have achieved while working for an employer.

Won't that become disclosure of sensitive information about the employer organization?

Personal example:
Under my management and responsibility, the Tech team reduced the ticket TTR (Time To Resolution) from 3 DAYS to 4 HOURS.

My reluctance:
In this example, the company I work(ed) for, had a ridiculously high TTR in the past, meaning for lots of internal problems! Shouldn't I think twice before sharing that information with someone?

I hope I can get an answer or opinions

[mans]

Yes, but indeed only allow one resume, what happened to the "Taylor your resume to the company you are applying"?
We should have the option of having several resume oin indeed or uploading one when applying.

[ArnoldusCyberius]

LOL @ Holl: "If you've watched this far(...)" Yes, I did, but shouldn't I be the one being given a thumbs up for still watching?

[infinitejock.]

Hi, thank you for this video, is it important to include self employment in my resume?

[jcbfgqs]

Got any Advice for Haddi capped and disabled people looking for work?